2023 MLB Draft
Round 2c, Pick 70 to the Atlanta Braves
2023 Honors
NCBWA Second-Team All-American
ABCA All-Atlantic Region
First-Team all-Big South
Big South Starting Pitcher of the Week (4/10, 4/17)
2022 Honors
2022 USA Collegiate National Team Invite
Second-Team All-Big South
Big South All-Tournament Team
2023: Named first-team all-Big South… Second-team all-America honors from NCBWA… Made 13 starts on the mound with a team-best 2.71 ERA… Owned an 8-1 record while striking out a team-high 91 in 73.0 IP… Eclipsed the 200 strikeout mark for his career, and climbed into fourth in program history with 243… Held opponents to batting just .199 against him… Went 5-0 with a 1.96 ERA in conference play… Posted a perfect 7-0 record during the regular season… Tallied eight “quality starts” on the year… Earned the win in five straight starts from 3/3-3/31… Struck out 10 in 6.0 IP to get the win at Louisiana on 3/3… Tossed six shutout innings with only two hits at Radford on 3/24… Struck out a season-high 13 across 6.0 shutout innings with only one hit at PC on 4/6… Named Big South Starting Pitcher of the Week back-to-back on 4/10 and 4/17…
2022: Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll… Made 16 appearances and 15 starts with a 4-6 record and 4.07 ERA… Struck out a program-record 111 batters… 14
th in the nation in hits allowed per nine at 6.11… Big South’s lowest opposing batting average at .184… Allowed more than three earned runs just twice all season… Posted a stellar line of 7.0, 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 10 K in his first start of the season against App State on 2/19… Struck-out a season-high 12 across 6.2 scoreless innings and allowing only one hit in a no-decision against Army on 3/5… Stuck out 10 and walked only two in each of his last four starts against Ohio State, ECU, Gardner-Webb and Tennessee… Only relief appearance was a big one, escaping a bases-loaded jam with a 1-2-3 double play to preserve a 3-2 lead over CSU in the Big South championship game… Pitched 7.0 innings on a season-high 114 pitches against No. 1 Tennessee, allowing seven runs and striking out 10… Named second-team all-Big South… Named Big South All-tournament team after a brilliant start against Gardner-Webb and his relief appearance against CSU…
2021: Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll... Made 16 appearances and eight starts on the mound… Posted a 5-2 record with a 3.89 ERA… Worked as the Friday night starter for six weeks of the season…41 strikeouts were good for third on the team… First three wins of the season all came in relief appearances... Pitched back-to-back season-long outings of 5.1 innings to earn a pair of wins against UNC Asheville on 4/30 and at Radford on 5/7… Struck out a season-high seven in just 4.1 innings at Gardner-Webb on 4/17… Had at least one strikeout in every outing except one, in which he only faced three batters… Earned a save against CSU on 4/10… Allowed more than three runs only once, against Presbyterian at the Big South Championship on 5/27…
Prep: Tallied a 9-0 record with a 0.92 ERA and 85 strikeouts for the Cavaliers, also batting .364… Coached by Mike Matkovich… Named all-conference and team MVP in 2019… Took male Performance of the year in 2020, also earning a nomination for pitcher of the year… Also played for Canes National, coached by Jeff Petty… Posted an 8-1 record as a starter with three saves and a 0.82 ERA, helping lead the Canes to a 48-3-3 record in 2019, including a WWBA Championship, a Perfect Game World Series title and a No. 1 team national ranking…
Personal: Full name is Cade Garrett Kuehler… Born May 24, 2002… Son of Richard and Tracy Kuehler… Has an older brother, Chase… Plans a sport management or kinesiology major…
